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UNIVERSITY ....... 3 METRO ......... 6 UNIVERSITY RUPA invites Snooki to campus Reality show star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is scheduled to make an appearance at the University at the end of the month to talk to students about her life as well as the “Jersey Shore.” GETTY IMAGES BY AMY ROWE ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR “Jersey Shore” star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi will visit the University on March 31 as part of a Rutgers University Programming Association spon- sored comedy show. The event, coordinated by RUPA’s Comedy and Movies com- mittee, will follow a similar format to Bravo’s “Inside the Actors Studio,” said Greg Kassee, the committee’s vice president. “The focus is purely comedic entertainment,” said Kassee, a Livingston College senior. “It’s simi- lar to last semester’s homecoming comedy show with Craig Robinson and Donald Glover or the comedy night that featured Ben Bailey.” Comedian Adam Ace will play host at the show and interview Polizzi about her life and time filming “Jersey Shore,” Kassee said. “Of course, given that this is a comedian interviewing Polizzi, laughs are to be expected,” he said. Ace, who is not a part of “Jersey Shore,” is one of the few comedians to appear with Polizzi for these types of shows, Kassee said. RUPA scheduled Polizzi’s appearance at the University because she appeals to a large number of the campus, Kassee said. “Comedy in particular can gar- ner very divided opinions,” he said. “But ‘Jersey Shore’ received some of the highest ratings of any cable television show ever. The show undeniably has an audience here at Rutgers.” Polizzi signed a contract with RUPA that keeps her asking price private, Kassee said. Some students agree that Polizzi’s appearance will appeal to the University’s student body. “I couldn’t care less about ‘Jersey Shore,’ but I could defi- nitely see her making a strong impression on the community here at Rutgers,” said Peter Wertz, a School of Arts and Sciences sophomore. “I know many people personally who are fans of her ridiculous antics.” School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Omer Saleh agreed about her reception at the University. “It’s kind of cool, she’s a pretty prominent figure in pop culture today,” he said. “She’s a pretty big U. community raises scholarship fund to honor late professor BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI AND MIKE DAVIS STAFF WRITERS When the news of then University chemistry professor Jean Wilson Day’s murder broke 40 years ago from today, University alumnus Jim Savage said he could not believe it. Savage, who now leads the fundraising effort for a scholarship fund in her memory, said the woman in the New York Times photo- graph looked more hollow than happy, her face empty and eyes fixed on something in the distance. “That’s not the Jean Day I know,” he said. “The Jean Day I know was always smiling.” As a student of Day, Savage said the professor who taught him in 1970 had tremendous positive energy. She was accessible and PERSON OF THE WEEK Alumna earns national title for social service BY MORGAN MURRELL CONTRIBUTING WRITER Determined to raise awareness of disability issues, disability advo- cate and University alum- na Jacqueline Jackson will be the first New Jersey recipient of the National Social Worker of the Year, this April in Washington, D.C., from the National Association for Social Workers (NASW). Jackson, although con- fined to a wheelchair due to multiple sclerosis, sar- coidosis and fibromyalgia, said she never allowed her disabilities to get in the way of her career and passion to make areas more accessible for people with disabilities. “Having a disability will certainly discourage some from fulfilling their lifetime dream, however, for me, I refused to let my disability dis- able me, define me or defeat me,” she said. For the past six years, Jackson has worked on a project known as the Accessibility Tour, she said. Jackson challenges public officials and com- munity leaders to take a walk in her shoes, or her wheelchair, to illustrate the obstacles people with disabilities face every day, she said. To help recognize President Barack Obama’s Americans with Disabilities Act JACQUELINE JACKSON SEE SERVICE ON PAGE 5 SEE SNOOKI ON PAGE 4 University professor Jean Wilson Day, who died 40 years ago from today, used pollution to make her lessons relevant to students. COURTESY OF JOSEPH MOST School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Alvin Artha, left, along with School of Engineering senior Shandon Campbell play Thursday night at “Step Into the Spotlight” preliminaries in the Busch Campus Center. SCOTT TSAI/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER IN IT TO WIN IT SEE FUND ON PAGE 4
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Rapper HamzaPerez presents his new film “New Muslim Cool.”
Johnson and Johnsonwill grant $1 millionto help build the Unity Square neighborhood’s infrastructure.
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RUPA invites Snooki to campus
Reality show star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is scheduled to make an appearance at the University atthe end of the month to talk to students about her life as well as the “Jersey Shore.”
GETTY IMAGES
BY AMY ROWEASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR
“Jersey Shore” star Nicole“Snooki” Polizzi will visit the University on March 31 as par t of a Rutgers UniversityProgramming Association spon-sored comedy show.
The event, coordinated byRUPA’s Comedy and Movies com-mittee, will follow a similar formatto Bravo’s “Inside the ActorsStudio,” said Greg Kassee, thecommittee’s vice president.
“The focus is purely comedicentertainment,” said Kassee, aLivingston College senior. “It’s simi-lar to last semester’s homecomingcomedy show with Craig Robinsonand Donald Glover or the comedynight that featured Ben Bailey.”
Comedian Adam Ace will playhost at the show and interview
Polizzi about her life and time filming “Jersey Shore,”Kassee said.
“Of course, given that this is a comedian inter viewing Polizzi, laughs are to be expected,”he said.
Ace, who is not a par t of“Jersey Shore,” is one of the few comedians to appear withPolizzi for these types of shows,Kassee said.
RUPA scheduled Polizzi’sappearance at the Universitybecause she appeals to a large number of the campus,Kassee said.
“Comedy in particular can gar-ner ver y divided opinions,” hesaid. “But ‘Jersey Shore’ receivedsome of the highest ratings of anycable television show ever. Theshow undeniably has an audiencehere at Rutgers.”
Polizzi signed a contract withRUPA that keeps her asking priceprivate, Kassee said.
Some students agree thatPolizzi’s appearance will appeal tothe University’s student body.
“I couldn’t care less about‘Jersey Shore,’ but I could defi-nitely see her making a strongimpression on the communityhere at Rutgers,” said PeterWertz, a School of Ar ts andSciences sophomore. “I knowmany people personally who arefans of her ridiculous antics.”
School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Omer Saleh agreed about her reception at the University.
“It’s kind of cool, she’s a prettyprominent figure in pop culturetoday,” he said. “She’s a pretty big
U. community raisesscholarship fund tohonor late professor
BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI AND MIKE DAVISSTAFF WRITERS
When the news of then University chemistry professor JeanWilson Day’s murder broke 40 years ago from today, Universityalumnus Jim Savage said he could not believe it.
Savage, who now leads the fundraising effort for a scholarshipfund in her memory, said the woman in the New York Times photo-graph looked more hollow than happy, her face empty and eyes fixedon something in the distance.
“That’s not the Jean Day I know,” he said. “The Jean Day I knowwas always smiling.”
As a student of Day, Savage said the professor who taught himin 1970 had tremendous positive energy. She was accessible and
P E R S O N O F T H E W E E K
Alumna earns nationaltitle for social service
BY MORGAN MURRELLCONTRIBUTING WRITER
Determined to raise awarenessof disability issues, disability advo-cate and University alum-na Jacqueline Jackson willbe the first New Jerseyrecipient of the NationalSocial Worker of the Year,this April in Washington,D.C., from the NationalAssociation for SocialWorkers (NASW).
Jackson, although con-fined to a wheelchair dueto multiple sclerosis, sar-coidosis and fibromyalgia,said she never allowedher disabilities to get in the way ofher career and passion to makeareas more accessible for peoplewith disabilities.
“Having a disability will certainlydiscourage some from fulfillingtheir lifetime dream, however, forme, I refused to let my disability dis-able me, define me or defeat me,”
she said.For the past six years,
Jackson has worked on aproject known as theAccessibility Tour, she said.
Jackson challengespublic officials and com-munity leaders to take awalk in her shoes, or herwheelchair, to illustratethe obstacles people withdisabilities face every day,she said.
To help recognizePresident Barack Obama’sAmericans with Disabilities Act
JACQUELINEJACKSON
SEE SERVICE ON PAGE 5
SEE SNOOKI ON PAGE 4University professor Jean Wilson Day, who died 40 years ago fromtoday, used pollution to make her lessons relevant to students.
COURTESY OF JOSEPH MOST
School of Arts and Sciences first-year student Alvin Artha, left, along withSchool of Engineering senior Shandon Campbell play Thursday night at“Step Into the Spotlight” preliminaries in the Busch Campus Center.
SCOTT TSAI/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
IN IT TO WIN IT
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Rapper expresses spiritual revival, Islam through filmBY ANDREA GOYMA
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Puerto Rican-American rapartist Hamza Pérez was presentfor the screening of his mostrecent collaboration with Emmyaward-winning filmmakerJennifer Maytorena Taylor, “NewMuslim Cool” Thursday night inthe Graduate Student Lounge onthe College Avenue campus.
“This film is about someonewho’s ignorant and who discov-ers they’re ignorant by studyingthe character of the Prophet
Muhammad and seeing how faraway I am from these beautifulcharacteristics and how low Iam to how he really behaves,”Pérez said.
Since its 2009 premier in PBS’“Point of View”, the film receivedseveral accolades including theFreedom Award from the 2009Aljazeera InternationalDocumentary Festival and wasscreened at the 2009 SanFrancisco International FilmFestival, said Carlos Fernandez,director of the Center for LatinoArts and Culture at the University.
“[Pérez’s] experience of conversion and the work he’sdone has really created bridgesamong people, from his familyto the broader community,” saidRobyn Rodriguez, associate professor of Sociologyat the University. “There’s some-thing important about that because I think we live in a context where there continues to be some irrational fears about Islam.”
Pérez said he was alreadyunder FBI surveillance beforehe moved to Pittsburgh, Pa.,where the film takes place,because he worked at a youthcenter in Massachusetts wheremany gang members werebecoming Muslim at the sametime he was converting.
“We all had a community inMassachusetts, it must havebeen more than 55 people whobecame Muslim and then we allmoved here to Pittsburgh tocreate a Muslim community,”he said.
Pérez, who previously lived alife as a drug dealer, convertedto Islam because he was influ-enced by someone who,through trial and error, onlyfound the happiness he soughtthough Islam.
“I felt it was my responsibilityto go to the same communitiesthat I helped destroy and go andchange them,” he said. “So I
began to do volunteer work inthose same communities.”
Pérez said since filming, hispriorities have changed frommusic to his family and reli-gious outreach.
“I feel religious outreach canhappen, not just [through]music,” he said. “I don’t have thestatistics of how many peoplejoin a religion because of music… but religious outreach has todo with your character and howyou behave as a person.”
Pérez credits his motherwith his spirituality and hisinspiration to stay faithful.
“I was telling [my mom] thatthe word for ‘sun’ in Arabic isfeminine and ‘moon’ is mascu-line and how the light of themoon comes from the light ofthe sun that gives it,” he said.“So whenever you see a goodman, some woman is shining alight on him.”
As a Puerto Rican-American,he said his heritage does not con-flict with Islam faith.
“Puerto Ricans tend to havetwo characteristics — spiritualand revolutionary, which seeksout the poor and goes againstoppression,” he said. “Whenyou put these two characteris-tics of someone who fights forthe poor and is spiritual, youget the characteristics of theProphet Muhammad.”
Prior to filming, Pérez had
an agreement with Taylor thathe would not be involved in theediting of the film due to fear ofaltering the story.
“If you watch the beginningof the film, I’m saying and doingthings that are ignorant andwhat makes me change is study-ing the character of the ProphetMuhammad,” he said. “There’ssome stuf f I wish wasn’t in there.”
Pérez, who considers him-self a private person, had a dif-ficult time being filmed becausehe was not comfortable withseeing himself on camera butfeels his story can be used asoutreach and inspiration to thespiritually poor.
“If I can check my intentionsand keep my intentions goodthen I think [the film] can begood for outreach and for peopleto correct me when they seesomething wrong in my charac-ter,” he said.
School of Arts and Sciencessophomore Catherine Torresthought the film was a goodopportunity to learn more aboutIslamic culture.
“Through the film you learnhow to educate yourself about theMuslim culture and I think every-one should take a [Middle EasternStudies] class because there’s a lotof negative Islamic stereotypes andthat’s not true — not every Muslimis an extremist,” Torres said.
Puerto Rican-American rapper Hamza Pérez talks about his film,“New Muslim Cool,” which explores Islam doctrine and his own faith.
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The talk is part of a largercelebration of undergraduateachievement, where chemistrystudents are noted and awarded for their yearlong suc-cess in the classroom, saidProfessor John Krenos, thetalk’s host from 2000 to 2009,via e-mail.
“It was my privilege to intro-duce the Jean Day speaker andpresent the awards to ourdeserving undergraduates,”Krenos said.
Savage said Day, an environ-mental activist years ahead of hertime, used the growing chal-lenges of pollution to give her stu-dents a real-world perspective.
“She was a dedicated and inno-vative professor,” said Most, aprofessor of chemistry atBloomfield College. “She wanted
to connect with her students.”In a Journal of Chemistry
Education article from 1970, Daydiscussed oxidation-reduction interms of polluted water and pho-tochemistry through atmospher-ic smog.
She taught the properties of aluminum through testinghow long a beer can lasts, Most said.
“Environmental chemistrywas new for the department,” hesaid. “Jean wanted her studentsto see relevance in their lives.”
Savage said Day was alwaysready to help struggling stu-dents. She welcomed questionsduring her lectures and alwaysstayed after class for them,solving and re-solving prob-lems on the board until the stu-dents understood.
“She always made it herbusiness to be available, toanswer your questions andanswer them in such a way thatyou understood,” Savage said.“She would find a way to con-nect with you.”
Warholic said Day pushed herstudents to make a difference inwhatever they pursued, under-standing that not all of them sawfutures in chemistry.
Day found chemistry in highschool and followed a tough pathto the University.
She was born during a polioepidemic and suffered from ahandicap that required severalsurgeries, daily exercises andback and leg braces during herchildhood, Warholic said.Growing up during the GreatDepression, Day’s family strug-gled to make ends meet aftertheir father left and their motherlost her job.
Breaking into the field of chem-istry was not much easier sincemen dominated the field and —with its long history as an all-men’scollege — Day was one of fewfemale professors at the University.
But none of this bothered Day,who overcame all of life’s obsta-cles with good nature, a wonder-ful sense of humor and a smile,Savage said.
“I think her strength camefrom getting over the problemsin her life,” he said. “She wasconfident, but not cocky, andtried to instill that confidence inher students.”
Through her, Savage got thekind of motivation that has stuckwith him since her death.
Savage was selling meal tick-ets at Brower Commons whenhe learned of Day’s death, andbegan a collection for theUniversity’s Transitional YearProgram, a program that helpedhigh school students fromunder-privileged school districtsprepare for a college education.
Day was a strong supporterof the program and Savageworked to raise money for it inher honor.
Savage does not rememberhow much he raised but said hewas moved by student donationsand gave the money to the pro-gram’s administrators inVoorhees Mall, who were sur-prised by the contribution.
But it was not the last timeSavage collected money in mem-ory of his favorite professor.
Savage said he hopes to raiseenough funds to make the DayMemorial Scholarship a majoraward at the University — onehe will keep alive and vibrantevery year.
“The spirit of Jean Day isgoing to be woven into this, andpeople are really going to takepride in it,” Savage said. “Youmay not have heard of her, butyou will.”
fake tan. But I need my Snookifix, so I find myself glued to theTV every Thursday at 10 p.m.”
Cao said while she’s excitedfor Polizzi coming here, othersmight not be.
“I wouldn’t mind if she came,”she said. “But I can see why oth-ers would. Haters gonna hate.”
Kassee said his committee’sgoal is to providean array of eventswith the hope ofappealing to allUniversity stu-dents at leastonce.
The show willclose with a ques-tion and answersession with theaudience, but stu-dents should notexpect a meet andgreet or book
signing, he said.“Our campus is large and
diverse,” Kassee said. “We do ourbest to offer something for every-one. Bringing Snooki to campusis no different than any past orfuture RUPA events; we are pro-viding an event for an audiencewithin our student body.”
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One of six student bands performs Saturday night as part of the Rutgers Interfraternity Council’s“Battle of the Bands” to vie for a chance to play in April’s Dance Marathon. Held at the CollegeAvenue Gym, all proceeds went to the campus-wide charity event.
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MUSICAL OLYMPICS
unassuming, bold and opinionated with the kind ofsupport for her students henever forgot.
“What is going on here?”Savage asked himself, twomonths shy of graduating withthe University class of 1971.“This woman, who was so posi-tive and so inspiring with somuch to of fer — she’s dead?”
“I felt numb for a long time,”said Joseph Most, who helpedDay teach chemistry to non-sci-ence majors. “She had a conta-gious spark to her. When youwere in her presence, she wasjust a lot of fun.”
Most, who heard the newsof the murder over the carradio, said he was simplyshocked. Like Savage, he couldnot believe such an unthink-able act of violence could becommitted against such asweet and warm person.
Savage said Most was notalone, as there was a somber feel-ing on campus while students,colleagues, friends and familytried to cope with the tremen-dous loss.
“By her absence, so manywere af fected,” said Mar yEllen Warholic, Day’s sister.“The light went out and it wastough. One minute there wasthis beautiful human being —who was so generous, so lov-ing, so caring and so giving — and the next minute itwas all gone.”
But on the anniversary ofher murder, Savage is stillworking to keep her memoryalive through the Dr. JeanWilson Day MemorialScholarship Fund — a scholar-ship initiative from the Class of1971 — to honor the professorwho had such a large impact onso many lives.
“I think it’s amazing that he has the dedication anddrive to put together thisscholarship,” said Ellen Day,Day’s daughter. “It says a lotabout how inspiring my moth-er was.”
In addition to the scholarship,the University chemistry depart-ment presents an annual lecturein Day’s honor.
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television celebrity so the fact that she’s coming here is nice.”
But Saleh said he wouldchoose a dif fer-ent speaker tocome to theU n i v e r s i t ybefore choosingPolizzi.
“There’s prob-ably 1,000 otherpeople I wouldrather have com-ing here,” hesaid. “Some kindof motivationalspeaker would begood, or Mike‘The Situation.’”
Sandy Cao, a School of Artsand Sciences sophomore, islooking forward to Polizzi com-ing to the University.
“I like Snooki for the samereason people watch ‘Maury,’”she said. “She’s an absolute trainwreck of hairspray, eyeliner and
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Following Gov. Chris Christie’s budget increase twoweeks ago, many N.J. schools are relieved they can pre-serve class trips and rehire old teachers.
The increase, which is 2.9 percent on average, willaffect all state schools that were affected by last year’sbudget cuts.
Schools in Gloucestor, Edison plan to bring back an oldtradition — a trip to Washington D.C, according to annj.com article. Edison Township schools also plan to bringback middle school sports for students.
Before the governor’s proposed increase can be official,it must first be approved by the state legislature by July 1.
Superintendent Paul Spaventa is pleased with Christie’sproposal because he can keep his district’s after programsand activities.
“It gives them something to do after school, it keepsthem busy and under a watchful eye,” he said in the article.
Edison schools can bring back about 27 of the 165staff and faculty they had to lay off in the past when theschool district’s funding dropped by $18 million, accord-ing to the article.
“When you get almost nothing, then you get somethingon top of nothing, that makes the thing easier,”Superintendent of Chatham School District Jim O’Neill saidin the article.
— Ankita Panda
NJ SCHOOLS REINSTATE CUT PROGRAMS DUE TO NEW BUDGET
“You may not have heard of her,
but you will.” JIM SAVAGE
University Alumnus
“I need my Snookifix, so I find myself
glued to the TV every Thursday
at 10 p.m.” SANDY CAO
School of Arts and SciencesSophomore
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More than 40 recre-ation classes starttoday including waterexercise, SCUBA,
Chinese cooking, Feng Shui, hik-ing, Latin dance, climbing,archery, mountain biking,CPR/AED, canoeing, kayakingand backpacking. For details andto register online, visit recre-ation.rutgers.edu/classes. Forquestions, e-mail [email protected] or call(732)-932-8204.
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The HumanistChaplaincy at RutgersUniversity will host anevent titled, “Can
Science Determine What is Rightand Wrong?” from 7:30 to 9:30p.m. in the Student ActivitiesCenter lounge on the CollegeAvenue campus. Gary Brill, aninstructor in the Department ofPsychology, will lead a discus-sion on author Sam Harris’ newbook “The Moral Landscape:How Science Can DetermineHuman Values.” For more infor-mation, e-mail [email protected].
As part of the Scarlet Series: TheStudent ProfessionalDevelopment Workshop Series,Rutgers Student Life will hold asession to address the fear ofpublic speaking and give adviceon how to address nerves. Theworkshop will take place from 6to 8 p.m. in Room 120A of theBusch Campus Center.Participants must register for theworkshop atwww.surveymonkey.com/s/6B7FMQ7. This is just one of theeight-part series that aims todevelop personalized leadershipskills so students can gain a com-petitive edge.
The Committee for Accuracy inMiddle East Reporting inAmerica will be hosting “AnEvening With Jerusalem Post-Defense Analyst Yaakov Katz” at8 p.m. at Rutgers Hillel on 93College Ave. Katz is a defenseanalyst for The Jerusalem Post.He has covered settlements, theGaza disengagement and theSecond Lebanon War. He is anexpert on the Palestinian-Israeliconflict and the possible nuclearthreat from Iran. Talk will be fol-lowed by a question-and-answersession. Food will be served. Formore information, e-mail NoahGlyn at [email protected].
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(ADA) and initiative for change,Jackson, along with the NationalMultiple Sclerosis Society NewJersey Metro Chapter, continueto conduct accessibility toursthroughout the state.
“The goal of the AccessibilityTours is to break down physicalbarriers that hinder people withdisabilities from gaining accessinto public and private placesand to urge society to make theirplaces accessible to fulfill thepromise of the ADA law,”Jackson said.
After being awarded the 2010NASW Social Worker of the Year,Jackson became active with theorganization. She currentlyholds the position of unit chairfor the Middlesex/Unit in NewJersey and the chairperson for
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the Disability Special InterestGroup (SIG).
“Whenever they have specialprojects and need an extra hand, Ijust show up and assist wheneverI can,” Jackson said.
Her work and contributions toher field did not go unnoticedamong her colleagues.
“Jackie is a stellar exempla-r y of a quintessential rolemodel,” said Mar y JeanWeston, assistant executivedirector of NASW’s New JerseyChapter. “Her advocacy workin the area of disabilities andeducating social and communi-ty and government of ficialsreally stood out.”
V. DuWayne Battle, theUniversity director of the bac-calaureate social work programand Jackson’s former professor,said Jackson maintained a pleas-ing disposition and positive out-look on life
“She has proven to be one ofthe most remarkable human
beings and citizens of the state ofNew Jersey, making significantcontributions to family and com-munity alike,” Battle said.
Jackson said earning her mas-ter’s degree in social work at theUniversity in 2005 was only astepping-stone to a lifelong careerin supporting other.
During her time at theUniversity, Jackson was an advo-cate for students with disabili-ties and helped ensure the stu-dents received the necessaryaccommodations for an easiertime and way of transportation,Battle said.
Jackson continued heractivism for people with disabili-ties when she advocated and lob-bied in Trenton on Capitol Hill forissues concerning the disabilitycommunity’s health and employ-ment, Battle said.
Coming from a large caringfamily, Jackson said helping oth-ers was innate and something shetruly enjoyed.
With the support of her family,friends, church and organiza-tions, Jackson said she is far fromending her social advocacy careerand only plans to expand it.
“All of these wonderful sup-port systems always encouragedme to do more and always tell mehow much I inspire them,” shesaid. “They are proud of myaccomplishments and this trulymotivates me to continue thework that I am doing.”
Jackson said having disabili-ties made her a stronger personand taught her to use her voicefor the unheard and for thosewho go unseen.
She hopes to inspire andempower others, especially thosewith disabilities, to never give upon their dreams because a dis-ability does not make a person.
“I have adopted a motto that adisease is only temporary — dis-ease,” Jackson said. “I have shapedmy life around this motto and haverisen above my disability.”
Middlesex County agreed to pay$75,000 Friday to settle a racial harass-ment suit brought on by BarbaraDeloatch, an African-American womanwho claimed to be verbally attacked byher co-worker.
Deloatch, who has worked as a clerkfor the sheriff’s department since 2001,said her co-worker repeatedly insulted
her race, making derogatory commentsthat grew increasingly more offensiveeach time, according to an nj.com article.
“[Deloatch’s co-worker] said she hatesblack children and they should bekicked,” said Deloatch’s attorney MarkMulick, in the article.
In addition to this co-worker’sremarks, Deloatch said she heard a
sergeant say “black people should beslaves” and an investigator at thedepartment use a racial epithet morethan 20 times in her presence.
As a response to these comments,Deloatch repeatedly complained to thedepartment heads, but said they did notcarry out a departmental investigation,according to court papers in the article.
Instead, they retaliated against the woman,including insubordination charges anddenying her a promotion or transfer.
Deloatch’s case represents the thirdtime in three years that MiddlesexCounty has had to settle harassment law-suits against the sheriff’s department.
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Residents and community organ-izers in New Brunswick’s UnitySquare neighborhood will receive a$1 million grant from Johnson &Johnson to support and expand TheUnity Square Partnership, a cooper-ative between Catholic Charities,Diocese of Metuchen and theSacred Heart Church.
The funds, provided by theNeighborhood Revitalization TaxCredit Program, which establish-es partnerships between busi-nesses and community organiz-ers, will help expand the medicalservices at St. John’s Clinic, jobtraining and placement programsas well as scholarship programs,said Lorena Gaibor, director ofthe Unity Square program.
Entrepreneurial programs ofElijah’s Promise soup kitchen,ESL literacy education and youtheducation and recreational
services will also benefit fromthe grant, Gaibor said.
“We are starting a new Soup toJobs program at Elijah’s Promisethat will employ residents tohopefully create products fromour community gardens,” shesaid. “We want to help our resi-dents to learn a range of skillsand for them to take those skillsto find new work.”
Gaibor, who received her mas-ter’s degree in social work fromthe University, said the programorganizers also hope to start ayouth financial education programto support the career developmentof the neighborhood’s youth.
“Many parents as well asyouth do not have bank accounts,so we are really starting with thebasics,” she said. “We will providethem with small funds to start offand encourage them to set goals,like saving for college.”
The 37 square block neighbor-hood, within Commercial and
Livingston Avenues and Sanford andWelton Streets, has an estimatedpopulation of 10,000 people, of which24 percent live below the FederalPoverty Level, she said. Once a pre-dominately black neighborhood, themajority of Unity Square residentsare Hispanic, many Mexican immi-grants with young families.
The Unity SquareRevitalization project began in2004, founded by Nancy Finnfrom Catholic Charities, FatherJoe Kerrigan, pastor of the SacredHeart Church and local residents,Gaibor said.
“The community came togetherto do something about the prob-lems in the neighborhood,” shesaid. “Residents decided they want-ed to focus on reducing crime, jobdevelopment, affordable housing,affordable health care and youthrecreation services.”
Coming to the end of a five-year grant from Wachovia, theneighborhood partnership
investigated the tax credit pro-gram and approached Johnson& Johnson, Gaibor said.
Bonnie Petrauskas, thedirector of CorporateContributions & CommunityRelations at Johnson &Johnson, said the pharmaceuti-cal company is happy to grant$1 million to the Unity Squareneighborhood, with hopes thatthis act will bring about change.
“We’re proud to support ourpartners as they make a differencein the well-being of residents in thecommunities where our people liveand work,” said Petrauskas viaemail correspondence.
In addition to working withJohnson & Johnson, the UnitySquare Par tnership plans toinvolve many community part-ners in their projects, Gaiborsaid. Many of their programsdeveloped in partnership withThe Intersect Fund, theRutgers Cooperative Extension,
New Labor Training andEducation Institute andMiddlesex County College.
The community will host a cele-bration on Wednesday from 9 to 11a.m. in the New Brunswick his-toric firehouse on Remsen Avenue,the future home of the UnitySquare Partnership CommunityCenter and Administrative offices, said LaNella Hooper-Williams, president of HooperWilliams Communications.
“This will really be a celebra-tion, attended by Mayor JamesCahill and [Department ofCommunity Affairs commissionerLori] Grifa,” Hooper-Williams said.
Gaibor and Petrauskas willalso attend the event along withmany Unity Square residents.
“This is really a grassrootsorganization,” Gaibor said. “Theresidents are very involved. Theyhave a sense of ownership inthese programs. This partnershipis theirs.”
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age of the American budgetin comparison to bloatedand ineffective spendingelsewhere. U.S. funding forthe P-8 Poseidon aircraftprogram alone encompass-es $2.9 billion during a timewhen the United States isnot in military tensions withany state that has a sizable
submarine fleet — most notably in the case that theIslamic Republic of Iran has only 13. This shouldcome as no surprise from a political party that hasproposed slashing foreign aid as a major solution tothe multi-trillion dollar deficit when the entire for-eign aid budget is only $32.9 billion — includingfood assistance programs which are actually recy-cled through the American economy.
This assault on female reproductive liberties doesnot occur without context. The recent efforts by Gov.Scott Walker, R-Wis., to eliminate collective bargain-
ing rights directly affect publicemployees such as nurses and teach-ers who are disproportionatelywomen. The South Dakota legisla-ture has considered a bill, whichwould justify homicide in the case ofimminent harm to a fetus, effectivelyconsidering the legalization of mur-dering abortion providers. TheRepublican Party has eliminated $1billion from the budget of organiza-tion National Head Start Association,leading to nearly 157,000 children
who may go without preschool education. NewJersey Republicans are pursuing the stripping offunding to after-school program New Jersey After 3,directly threatening working-class mothers who sim-ply cannot provide care for their children until theirworking hours are complete. These efforts are coor-dinated attempts by conservative white males whoare attempting to recreate the divide between publicand private spheres which once governed a woman’splace in society, as stripping women of their ability topolice their own bodies and control their childcaresteadily drives them toward homemaker status anddependency on male wages. Females are unable tocontrol their fertility, which slashes their alreadyinhibited abilities to compete with men in order tograduate from universities, compete for jobs andwork in stressful environments.
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T here has been agreat deal of atten-tion placed on pro-
posed budget cuts by theRepublican-majority Houseof Representatives andRepublican governorsnationwide —more specifi-cally, attention has beenfocused on the fact thatmany women’s health programs have been target-ed. This comes at a time when the American Leftis struggling to maintain its progress in fieldssuch as labor unions and reproductive rights inthe face of conservative opponents who are usingbudget cuts as an excuse to attack much of theprogress the United States has made. It is quitedisheartening to see American women slowly los-ing liberties that should be guaranteed to them asfundamental rights, and I am almost certain thatour grandchildren will question our sanity for nottreating them as such.
The economic recession hasbeen used to justify a reprehensiblebill proposed by Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., which, with the support of 10House Democrats, passed with theobjective of eliminating federal fund-ing for the organization PlannedParenthood. I consider it asinine totreat Planned Parenthood as a syn-onym for ending pregnancy termina-tion, particularly since federal stipu-lations prevent federal funding frombeing directly used to provide abortions. Criticspoint out that federal dollars are sometimes appliedto bureaucratic costs associated with abortions. Ibelieve, however, that the notion of “tainted money”is logically unsound and should apply less to repro-ductive care and more to Afghanistan, where mili-tary assistance paid by American taxpayers is smug-gled for use against the North Atlantic TreatyOrganization forces by Islamist fighters.Additionally, Planned Parenthood has an excellentreputation as a provider of basic reproductive healthcare, birth control, cancer screenings and sexuallytransmitted disease prevention to millions ofAmerican women.
Pence’s bill effectively seeks to terminate anAmerican woman’s right to healthy reproductiveorgans. There is almost no benefit to this move, con-sidering that federal funding to organizations suchas Planned Parenthood comprises a small percent-
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“There’s probably 1,000 other people I would rather have coming here. Some kind of motivational speaker
would be good, or Mike ‘The Situation.’”Omer Saleh, a School of Arts and Sciences Sophomore,
on Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi coming to the University
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O n first look, Google’s self-driving car seems like one of the coolesttechnological advancements ever. It is a car that can steer, stop andstart without any sort of human being behind the wheel. It is a tri-
umph of human inventiveness and we should feel proud of it. But there aresome serious drawbacks to the development of a self-driving car.Computers do not have the same instincts or reflexes as human beings, andthere is something to be said for the element of humanity present in anygiven situation. Perhaps we are just Luddites, but we’d rather see humanscontinue driving than hand over the roads to armies of self-driving vehicles.
The implications of advancements in technology are always double-edged swords. While making human life easier, these advances also makehuman beings lazier. When computers do things for us, we are no longerforced to learn how to do things ourselves. Consequentially, our minds andbodies start to rot. Where does that leave human beings? Not in a very goodplace, that’s for sure. For example, think about all the people who rely onGPS devices instead of their own knowledge of the roads. Often, these peo-ple will use GPS devices even when they know very well where they needto go and how to get there — they merely want to take the brainless route.
Also, the prospect of a self-driving car could encourage recklessbehavior in transit. For example, in the future, these self-driving carsbecome available for public use. Now imagine a man who owns one ofthese cars gets very drunk one night and decides it’s fine for him to getbehind the wheel, because he’s not actually driving. Then, on the ridehome, the car malfunctions. You can probably guess what happens next.
There are also some very unsettling military implications of self-driv-ing cars. These things could be deployed in combat. The more thehuman element is removed from warfare, the more brutal warfarebecomes. Technological advances should aim to minimize suffering, notmaximize the potential for untold destruction. Can you really call some-thing “progress” if it could potentially cause immense pain? Hardly.
It is clear that people have to be careful when choosing convenienceover doing it for themselves. Sure, self-driving cars might be easier,but think about the repercussions. Progress often makes us lazy. Itmakes us forget how to operate independently of technology. Mostimportantly, technological advancements often remove the humanbeing from consideration. In a world built and run by people, that’s adangerous move to make.
Consider drawbacksof technology
T he Rutgers University Programming Association is bringing theone and only Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi to the University on March31, and the event is sure to draw a sizable chunk of the
University’s population out to the Livingston Student Center. Our origi-nal reaction to the announcement that RUPA was shelling out for Polizzi— although, they won’t say exactly how much they are paying her forthis appearance — was to be upset. The fact of the matter is that RUPA’sjob is to bring enjoyable events to the student population, and Polizzi’spresence is already exciting people. What’s depressing in this situationis not RUPA’s choice to book Polizzi – it is the fact that so many peopleare so eager to see her.
The fact that Polizzi is such a big name at the University and inAmerica in general says a lot about contemporary culture. The people wechoose to idolize say a lot about who we are, and the fact that Polizzi is amajor figure in the world does not bode well for us. We are not trying tobe alarmists here, nor do we believe that America is currently in a “cul-tural dark age” or anything of that sort. Instead, what we are trying topoint out is the fact that enjoying Polizzi’s antics because she is asengrossing as a train wreck is not enough of an excuse. Car accidents canonly hold people’s attention for so long before they start to feel remorsefor the people involved and regret for their perverse – albeit natural –interest in the accident. Why hasn’t the regret or remorse over Polizzikicked in yet, and how long does the world have to wait before it does?
It isn’t that there is no hope for society. Rather, it is just that culture iscurrently in a rut. There are still people out there who are agitating forsmarter, more fulfilling lifestyles. Of course, in order for the University –and America – to lift itself out of this aforementioned rut, people need tostart heeding these calls and picking themselves up. No one is going todo it for us, and the longer Polizzi enjoys the spotlight, the worse we look.
All in all, this event is a win for RUPA, but a loss for society. Perhapswe are just out of touch with culture, but we firmly believe that there arebetter options out there in terms of whom we make our cultural heroes.Think about it: Here we are, students of the University, paying thou-sands of dollars to get a good education in order to be successful, andwe are supporting someone like Polizzi, a woman who shot to stardombecause of her seemingly incredible lack of intelligence or decorum.
Idolizing ‘Snooki’hinders culture
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B efore the enactment ofhunting laws, the Maasaitribe of Kenya and north-
ern Tanzania sent boys as youngas 12-years-old out into the wilder-ness to slaughter a lion with onlya spear in hand and a thunderingheartbeat. It was a right of pas-sage. Now look at college stu-dents, most between the ages of18 and 24, still being monitoredunder juvenile class attendancepolicies. I was naïve in believingthat college was a place where theemergence of adulthood dis-solved pesky paternalism. Thisrealization gives me the uneasyfeeling that college is less abouteducation and more about playingby the rules. But if the rules areinefficient and burdensome, thenthey must be reformed.
An attendance policy does nottake into account students whopossess the ability to learn inde-pendently. Why should a studentbe coerced into listening to a pro-fessor simply repeat the wordsthat are already in a textbook?Everyone at the University is liter-ate. If you are a student that feelsthat you need to go to class inorder to better comprehend thematerial or if you have questionsto ask, then by all means, go. Butthis collective force to attend classmust end. I am not saying thatpeople who have the ability toteach themselves are superior inany way to those who prefer class-room interaction — but self-learn-ers are being unfairly punished byattendance policies.
End attendancepolicies for classesERIC KERN
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The United States hasachieved a great deal in thefield of women’s rights. But therallying call of “fiscal responsi-bility” is increasingly beingused to push an agenda of socialconservatism, which is unfairlytreating women’s health as anarena rather than a responsibili-ty. This ideology adopts undeni-able racial attitudes whenHispanic women are discussed,coupling sexism with growingxenophobia of a less homoge-nous America — particularly inthe case of Arizona Republicans
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In one particular class of mine,I sat in the back and read the dic-tionary, circling my favoritewords and discovering new ones.I was only there in the first placeto put my signature on a sheet ofpaper. I was not trying to be dis-respectful, but time is extremelyvaluable. Why should I let thistime slip away paying attention toa lecture I feel I’m getting nothinginformative out of when I couldengage in a productive activity?This is not a rallying cry to slackoff on schoolwork. If you sign upfor a class, you accept the workassigned to you. But what someprofessors do not realize is thatforcing students to show up toclass may in fact hinder their abil-ity to do the best work they can.Some professors’ teaching meth-ods are not compatible with somestudents’ learning methods andonce again, time is extremelyvaluable. I hope this letter doesnot alienate the professors whoteach with passion and make lec-tures relevant to the assignedschoolwork and exams. Theseare the classes that I make everyeffort to show up to, regardless ofattendance policy.
Let the students who feel theirthirst for wisdom is not beingquenched sufficiently enough inthe classroom pave their ownroad to success. And let thosewho skip class because they aretoo lazy or hung over succumb tothe fate of their own hedonism.
I would have liked to makethis letter slightly longer, but I’mlate for class.
Eric Kern is a School of Artsand Sciences junior.
attempting to nullify birthrightcitizenship by proposing theissuing of different birth certifi-cates when mothers are notU.S. citizens. Americans mustensure that female reproductiverights are not treated as lavish privileges but as stateresponsibilities and respond toassertions otherwise with con-demnations of utter cruelty tohalf the population.
Bilal Ahmed is a School of Artsand Sciences junior majoring inMiddle Eastern Studies with minorsin political science and African,Middle Eastern and South Asianlanguages and literature. His col-umn, “Gods Go Begging,” runs onalternate Mondays.
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mental breakdowns,” Ricesaid. “If you want to lose, goahead and do those types ofthings — allow splits and fouljump shooters.”
The loss dropped Rutgers to4-6 in conference games decid-ed by 10 points or less and wasthe third — following defeats tothen-No. 2 Pittsburgh and St.John’s — that occurred in thefinal moments.
“This one hurts,” Mitchellsaid. “We werein control prettymuch the wholegame and gaveit up like that atthe end. We gotin our own waya lot [Saturdaynight], and Ijust think wewent away fromwhat got ushere. We aren’tdoing thethings we used
to do and it showed.”The Knights lost despite
shooting 65 percent from thefield in the second half andoutscoring the Friars, 44-20, inthe paint.
“There were so many losingplays, and our guys didn’t seemto be affected by it,” Rice said.“They were shooting the ball welland they were scoring. It was afun night for them. So that’s theway losers play.”
around it was Mason who got thelast laugh.
In the quarterfinals, Masondefeated Napoli, 4-3, on a lastminute takedown and in thethird-place bout, Mason won insimilar fashion, 3-2, over Sanjaa.
“It’s the peaks and valleys ofthe season,” Goodale said. “Ifyou can level it in this sport andget your mind right, you’ll befine. Mario lost to Sanjaa andNapoli in the span of a week.And he comes back to beatthem both to take third in agreat weight class.”
Winston, Caruso, Rinaldi,Mason, Cocozzo and Russo all
earned automaticbids to the NCAATournament intwo weeks inPhiladelphia byfinishing in theallotted numberof spots in theirr e s p e c t i v eweight classes.
For wrestlerslike sophomoreJoe Langel andjunior TrevorMelde, the path isnot as easy as they
await the wildcard selectionprocess to see if they return tothe national tournament.
“I don’t know what’s goingto happen with Trevor andLangel,” Goodale said. “Melde,unfor tunately, put it in thehands of a committee. Wemight just take six to thenational tournament, which is fine.”
The EIWA Tournamentmight have also spelled theend of the season for MikeWagner. The freshman made aremarkable run to the semifi-nals on Saturday, but two loss-es yesterday left him outside ofthe top five receiving automat-ic bids at 197 pounds.
“Wagner probably won’t[get a wildcard],” Goodalesaid. “Oh man, that kid wres-tled so hard all weekend. Hedeserves to go to the nationaltournament. He’s what ourteam is all about and he’sgoing to continue to be whatwe’re all about.”
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“I didn’t score a takedownthis whole tournament,” Winstonsaid. “If I was going to win, I hadto be good on top.”
In the end, Winston’s titlehighlights a third-place finishfor the Scarlet Knights. Thethird-place ranking is the high-est since 1951 and comesahead of programs such asPenn and American that hadmore wrestlers in the finals.
Rutgers mayhave only had onefinalist, but therest of the squadcarried its weightwith five third-place finishes.
“We had agreat quarterfinalround,” said sen-ior Alex Caruso,who finishedthird in the 174-pound bracket. “Itwas huge formomentum. Itwas huge for our confidence andreally set us ahead of some real-ly good teams.”
Caruso also sought revengeagainst his Lehigh counter-part, as the battle for third pit-ted him against Austin Meys,but Meys withdrew with amedical forfeit.
“I was definitely looking for-ward to that match,” Carusosaid. “But I was pretty dingedup and I know he was dingedup. So tomorrow morning I’msure I’ll think it was more ben-eficial that I didn’t wrestle that match.”
Sophomores Mario Masonand Dan Rinaldi, along with sen-iors Daryl Cocozzo and DJRusso all finished third in theirrespective weight classes.
For Mason to claim third, hehad to revisit a handful of regularseason demons in American’sGanbayar Sanjaa and Lehigh’sJoe Napoli.
Both defeated Mason in theregular season, but this time
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Senior 174-pounder Alex Caruso earned a third-place finish yesterday at the EIWA Championshipsafter former Lehigh teammate Austin Meys withdrew from their match with a medical forfeit.
shot despite stable defense on anight in which he set the BigEast’s single-season scoring mark.
But the Knights’ second-halfcollapse occurred on shot fakesfrom the Friars’ backcourt, aploy the team defended soundlyduring the first 20minutes but couldnot retain over thefinal stretch.
“We didn’t staydown on shot fakes,”said Biruta, who fin-ished with a career-high 21 points andadded six rebounds.“They made theirfoul shots. Weshouldn’t havefouled them whilethey were shooting.”
Freshman guard Austin Carrollconverted on a layup attempt on afeed from senior point guardJames Beatty to give the Knights a60-47 lead with less than 12 min-utes to go in Providence.
But Council responded with alay-in of his own moments later,and the Knights intensity was aquestion mark throughout thesecond half, Rice said.
Head coach Mike Rice’s team had a chance to finish the regular season at .500 with a win overProvidence Saturday, but now enters the Big East Tournament tomorrow as a No. 13 seed.
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Four straight games, fourstraight victories. That is some-thing the Rutgers men’s lacrosse
t e a mhas notseen inm o r ethan sixyears.
But with their 11-1 victory onSaturday over St. Joseph’s atFinnesey Field in Philadelphia,the Scarlet Knights may haveproven once and for all thatthey are not the same team ofrecent memory.
“This is a good win for us,especially seeing as how St.Joe’s came to our place lastyear, and we pretty much gotembarrassed by them [twoyears ago],” senior midfielderChris Mattes said. “It was goodto get a win and a pretty signif-icant win at that.”
Mattes’ performance in themiddle of the field proved to bethe catalyst to the Knights’ (4-0) dominant performance. In agame where possession of theball was key, Mattes won 13 outof 14 face-of fs to give Rutgerspossession throughout themajority of the matchup.
“Faceoff-wise, I think I wastiming the whistle up well andgetting some ground balls, get-ting us possession,” Mattes said.“That’s really the reason we heldthe ball for so long, which madeall the difference.”
Rutgers drew first blood in thecontest when junior Mike Diehlfound the back of the net after 10minutes of play.
No more than a minute laterthe Knights stretched theirlead to 3-0 on goals from fresh-man Jack Matthews and sopho-more Duncan Clancy. Clancyended the day leading the
Knights with five points on twogoals and three assists.
St. Joe’s attackman ScottCullinan netted the one and onlygoal for the Hawks with justthree seconds left in the firstquarter, but the Knights werenot af fected by it. Scoringefforts from redshirt freshmanScott Klimchak, junior KevinHover and senior Kory Kellydoubled Rutgers’ score to 6-1heading into the half.
Clancy and Kelly both went onto find the back of the cage forthe second time during the sec-ond half of regulation. Joiningthem with scoring efforts werethree more members of theoffense, including freshman NickDePaolera’s second career goal,allowing Rutgers to cruise to the11-1 victory.
But as explosive as Rutgers’offense looked on paper, for thefirst time all year it suffered frominconsistency. The Knights’ 11goals pale in comparison to the 45total shots on goal taken by theoffense in the contest.
“We should have hit the cage awhole lot more,” Mattes said.“Overall, I think we could havebeaten them about 25-1.”
Head coach Jim Stagnitta wasalso well aware of the offense’sshooting woes but was stillimpressed with his team’s abilityto battle through them.
“We didn’t shoot the ball aswell as I would’ve liked, but weexecuted well and we executedhard,” he said. “I can’t say howimpressed I am when the kidscome out and play with so muchintensity, and whenever they didmake mistakes they made up forthem immediately.”
And Stagnitta has good reasonto be impressed because with theKnights’ impressive start so far,his team may bring back a qualityof lacrosse that was not seen onthe Banks in years.
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Senior midfielder Chris Mattes won 13 of his 14 face-offs against host St. Joe’s Saturday in theKnights’ 11-1 victory, exorcising demons from Rutgers’ loss two years ago in Philadelphia.
One of the main reasonsMarquette fell short was theresurgence of junior forwardApril Sykes after halftime. A16-point explosion after a quietfirst period allowed theKnights to jump back out to adouble-digit lead midwaythrough the second half andwas enough to hold of f aGolden Eagles comeback.
The Knights’ (19-11) leadingscorer now owns 22 double-fig-ure performances this season,continuing to show up when herteam needs her most.
“Coach Stringer’s not the typeof coach to praise you whenyou’re not doing the best, and Ilove her for that,” Sykes said. “Ihate it at times, but in the secondhalf she got in my chest and …just told me I was forcing it a lot.Usually when I force things Idon’t look good. In the secondhalf she just told me to relax.”
Stringer also challengedher post combination of juniorforward Chelsey Lee and soph-omore center Monique Oliverto crash the boards more inthe second half, something thepair struggled to do in theopening stanza.
The two answered the call,and much like the first meeting
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Sophomore center Monique Oliver contributed 18 points and seven rebounds against Marquette,sending the Knights into a semifinal date tonight at 6 p.m. with Connecticut.
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between the two teams, playedbig for the Knights down low.
“I only had one rebound inthe beginning,” said Oliver,who finished the game 18points and seven boards.“Chelsey had like three, so weknew we had to step it up onthe rebounding end.”
For the greater part of theseason, the Knights earned areputation of getting of f toslow starts in conference play.Rutgers snapped out of thatlull yesterday and came out fir-ing to kick of f regulation.
Early offense by sophomoreguard Erica Wheeler and keyfinds in the post to Oliver builtthe Knights a double-digit leadearly on in the period, as Wheelerstarted the game 4-for-5 from thefield and finished with 14 points.
After being tabbed as the No.7 team in the conference in thepreseason, Stringer’s squad nowfinds itself facing a rematchagainst the country’s top teamand tournament host tonight atthe XL Center.
The Hall of Fame coach is wellaware that another 16-turnovershowing will not be so kind to theKnights against a team that hasnot lost a Big East game in morethan three years.
“I hope our ‘A’ game comesovernight,” Stringer said. “We’regoing to need it [tonight]. We’recapable of playing better and webetter be able to play betteragainst UConn.”
BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — TheRutgers men’s basketball team’sfinal play of regulation againstProvidence on Saturday was
designedto be ad r i b b l eh a n d o f ffrom sen-ior point
guard James Beatty to classmateMike Coburn.
Off a ball screen from seniorforward Jonathan Mitchell,Coburn had two options: eitherpass the ball to Mitchell on a popor drive to the basket.
Coburn chose the latter andfound himself fouled with 1.8 sec-onds remaining against the Friarsat the Dunkin’ Donuts Center andthe Scarlet Knights trailing, 75-73.
“Who else is going to go off thebounce? You tell me who else isgoing to go off the bounce,” headcoach Mike Rice said. “I trustedMichael to go off the bounce andcreate something. They did agood job of blanking out on J-Mitch. I’ll take two free throws bya senior to tie the ballgame.”
The 6-foot guard strolled tothe line, where he converted onhis first free throw attempt afterthe shot hit the front of the rimand bounced in.
But the second attempt wasnot as fortuitous and the Knightsleft the arena with their 13th lossin Big East play.
“It hurts. We got in our ownway [Saturday night],” Mitchellsaid. “We were in control thewhole game but gave it awaytoward the end.”
FRESHMAN FORWARDGilvydas Biruta controlled the inte-rior offensively for the Knights,
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R utgers men’s basket-ball forward GilvydasBiruta was named to
the Big East ConferenceMen’s Basketball All-Rookieteam for the 2010-11 season.The true freshman fromLithuania ranks first in theBig East in rebounding, fieldgoal percentage and freethrow percentage amongtrue freshmen.
In all 30 games of the regu-lar season, Biruta started 29and ranks second on the teamin scoring, rebounding, fieldgoal percentage and freethrow percentage.
The forward tallied twodouble-doubles and holds theteam-high number of dunks at18. Biruta ended the ScarletKnights’ final regular seasongame in a loss to Providencewith a team and career-high 21points, shooting 9-for-13 fromthe field.
Biruta is the 12th member ofthe Knights named to the Big-East All Rookie team since theteam joined the conference in1995. The list of former mem-bers includes current Rutgerswing Dane Miller.
THE CHICAGO BULLSfailed last of fseason in theirattempts to land Chris Bosh,Lebron James and DwyaneWade. But they of ficiallyhave their revenge by com-pleting a regular seasonsweep of the Miami Heat yes-terday with an 87-86 win andhanding the Heat their fourthstraight loss.
The win moves the Bullspast Miami into second place inthe Eastern Conference. MVPcandidate Derrick Rose posted27 points in the matchup, top-ping James’ and Wade’s 26 and20 point performances, respec-tively. James failed to converton a possible game-winner,missing a contested shot withsix seconds left.
FORMER GIANTS WIDEreceiver Plaxico Burress is setto be released from prison inJune, about three months earli-er than his original sentencingfollowing a gun charge in 2009.The early release is because ofgood behavior.
NFL commissioner RogerGoodell confirmed that Burresscan be reinstated and would be eli-gible to sign with a new teamupon his release.
The former Super Bowl win-ner completed a work assign-ment and anger managementprogram while in prison.
TWO MEMBERS OF THEIowa State football team weredismissed from the team indefi-nitely on Friday after beingarrested.
Defensive end JacobLattimer faces charges of assaulton a peace officer and tight endRicky Howard faces charges ofoperating while intoxicated. Thetwo juniors were held in a StoryCounty Jail overnight andreleased the next day.
Lattimer played in all 12 gameslast season for the Cyclones.
Win results in rematch with ConnecticutBY SAM HELLMAN
CORRESPONDENT
HARTFORD, Conn. — With asecond win over ranked
Marquettethis sea-son, theR u t g e r sw o m e n ’ sbasketball
team (19-11, 11-5) advanced to the
semifinals tonight with the daunt-ing task of facing Connecticut,which stands in the way of its firstBig East Championship gamesince 2007.
The top-ranked Huskies (30-1,16-0) beat Georgetown immediate-ly following the Scarlet Knights’win and have not lost a conferencegame since 2008, when theKnights took them down at theLouis Brown Athletic Center.
“What does it take? I don’tknow,” said Rutgers head coachC. Vivian Stringer. “I’ll figurethat out now. That we were thelast team to beat UConn doesn’treally mean a lot other then wehave to bring our ‘A’ game allthe time physically and mental-ly with all we do. I have to be onmy ‘A’ game, as well, becauseGeno [Auriemma] is an out-standing coach.”
The last time the two squaredoff, the Knights kept the gameclose for the first half at the RACbefore the Huskies turned it onand prevailed, 63-44.
“They’re the No. 1 team inthe country for a reason,” saidjunior forward April Sykes, whoscored 18 points yesterday on 5-for-11 shooting. “They do a lot ofgreat things, but we can’t focuson anyone but ourselves.”
For the Huskies, two-timeNational Player of the YearMaya Moore put up her worstof fensive numbers of the sea-son but they still cleanly tookdown the Hoyas, 59-43. Moorescored just six points but cen-ter Stefanie Dolson picked upthe slack with a career-high 24 points.
“They’re a physical team wholikes to slow it down,” Moore saidof tonight’s contest against theKnights. “I think at times whenwe play them at their place, westruggled with our offense get-ting in a good rhythm. That willprobably be something we haveto focus on and make sure weestablish a tempo.”
Junior guard KhadijahRushdan was inef fective in thescoring categor y yesterday,scoring just five points andshooting 22 percent. But shedid fill up the stat sheet andplay a key role in her 38 min-utes of action.
Rushdan led Rutgers with 10of the team’s 42 rebounds, eightof its 13 assists and three of itsnine steals.
By taking down Marquetteyesterday, the Knights are upto five consecutive Big Eastwins — the best for the pro-gram since the 2008-09 season,when it had streaks of bothseven and five straight.
The win likely boostsRutgers from a projected No. 10seed in the NCAA Tournamentto somewhere between a six-seed and nine-seed dependingon tonight’s per formanceagainst UConn.
FORMER RUTGERSstandout Heather Zurich madethe trip to Hartford yesterday tosupport some of her former team-mates in action.
Zurich, who sat directlybehind the team’s bench, was akey cog in the Knights’ Big EastChampionship in the 2006-07season and subsequent run tothe NCAA championship game.
The latest bracketology pro-jections on ESPN have theKnights as a No. 8 seed playingin Cincinnati for the first tworounds and Dayton, Ohio forthe Sweet 16.
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Junior point guard Khadijah Rushdan, left, contributed 10 boardsyesterday to go along with eight assists against Marquette.
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Senior guard Mike Coburn took a feed from classmate James Beatty with eight seconds left againstProvidence Saturday and earned a trip to the free throw line with the Knights down two.
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who scored 44 points as a team inthe paint against the Friars.
Biruta added to his highlightreel in the second half when hewas on the receiving end of analley-oop pass from Coburn thatput Rutgers up by 11.
“Playing with energy with myteammates leading me down thefloor,” Biruta said of the causesof his ef fectiveness. “Sharingthe basketball, playing togetheras a team.”
But despite Biruta’s produc-tion, Rice pointed towardProvidence’s lack of defensiveexecution as the root of the fresh-man’s results.
“I wouldn’t say he was a brightspot,” Rice said. “How many timesdid he miss an open layup inside?He scored layups. He was wide-open. You finish through contact.”
The Friars rank second-to-lastin the conference in scoringdefense, allowing an average of75 points per game.
RUTGERS’ LOSS TOProvidence, combined with SetonHall’s victory on Saturday overMarquette, ensured the Knightswould be the No. 13 seed whenthe intrastate rivals meet tomor-row in the opening round of theBig East Tournament.
The Knights and Pirateswere scheduled to face of fregardless of the teams’ week-end outcomes, but the deci-sions were significant merelybecause of seeding concerns.
Rutgers now finds itself with aone-game season from here onout, Mitchell said.
“This is it. Right now we haveone game left in our season,”Mitchell said. “We have to havethat one-and-done mentality andgo out with no regrets.”
The winner of the Rutgers-Seton Hall match-up earns a datein the second round with No. 5seed St. John’s.
out a dif ferent way and I’m sure the NCAATournament is not going to play out theway it’s supposed to.”
The final matchup was a rematch of aNov. 27 bout that saw Winston win by a10-2 major decision. The going was not aseasy this time around, as Civan’s defen-sive strategy led to very few opportuni-ties for Winston to put points on the board.
“[Civan] had a very good gameplan,” saidhead coach Scott Goodale. “He kept it closeand never really took any shots so [Winston]was never really in danger.”
In fact, the match was a microcosm ofthe whole weekend for the Jackson, N.J.,native. Winston won his first matchagainst American’s Patrick Graham by a 2-1 score in overtime and then punched histicket to the finals via a 7-4 decision overCornell’s Justin Kerber.
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Winston captures first EIWA title at 165 poundsBY A.J. JANKOWSKI
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LEWISBURG, Pa. — It may not havebeen against the opponent he planned for,but Scott Winston is not complaining. Thesophomore became the first EIWA
Champion forRutgers wrestlingin 10 years yester-day on the campusof Bucknell byd e f e a t i n g
Columbia’s Eren Civan, 3-2, in overtime. Winston did not have to face No. 1
seed Brandon Hatchett of Lehigh, anopponent he wanted another shot fromtwo weeks ago, when Hatchett defeatedWinston, 7-2.
“I really wanted another crack at[Hatchett],” Winston said. “He got megood at home in front of a lot of people, soit was embarrassing. But things played
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Sophomore 165-pounder Scott Winston earned the Knights’ their first individual EIWAchampion in 10 years yesterday, when he defeated Columbia’s Eren Civan in the finals.SEE TITLE ON PAGE 13
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Junior forward April Sykes scored 16 second-half points against Marquette yesterday in the quarterfinals of the Big EastTournament at the XL Center, giving the Starkville, Miss., native 22 double-figure efforts this season.
RU squandersdouble-digitlead in finale
BY TYLER BARTOASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Honored beforethe game on Senior Night in the seasonfinale at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center,
Providence guardMarshon Brookssimply would notaccept anythingless than a story-book ending to his
senior campaign.The Big East’s leading scorer took a feed
from the top of the key with 11 seconds lefton Saturday against the Rutgers men’s bas-ketball team and promptly banked in a run-ner despite solid positioning from sopho-more wing Dane Miller.
The score gave the Friars a 75-73 lead andeventually a 75-74 victory after senior guardMike Coburn missed the back end of twofoul shots with one second remaining.
“I was in the lane when [Brooks] shotit,” said senior for ward JonathanMitchell, who shot 50 percent from thefield in the loss. “I didn’t think it wasgoing to go in. But obviously he used thewindow and anytime you use the windowyou give yourself a chance.” Brooksscored 28 points and shot 4-for-9 from 3-point range while playing all 40 minutesunder head coach Keno Davis.
But the Friars (15-16, 4-14) did themost damage at the free-throw line, wherethey shot 17-for-21 for the game in slash-ing a 13-point Rutgers (14-16, 5-13) lead inthe second half.
Brooks and backcourt mate VincentCouncil shot a combined 14-for-15 from thecharity stripe, aiding Providence in its suc-cessful comeback attempt with less than 12minutes to go.
“We started making losing plays,” saidhead coach Mike Rice, whose team had achance to get back to .500 to close the year.“Losing teams make losing plays, whetherit’s not closing out, not taking care of the ballor not executing. We found ways to make los-ing plays, so we’re losers.”
Freshman for ward Gilvydas Birutahad an opportunity to regain the lead forthe Knights after a Providence 3-pointertied the contest at 73 with a minute left,but the ball ef fectively lodged itself in the rim.
The possession arrow signaled Friars bas-ketball, and Brooks went on to sink another
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Knights earn semifinal berth with victoryBY ANTHONY HERNANDEZ
ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR
HARTFORD, Conn. –– Entering the BigEast Tournament on a double-bye is not some-thing head coach C. Vivian Stringer embraced.
But despite thewait, the Rutgerswomen’s basketballteam’s youth and arematch with No. 23Marquette, the
Scarlet Knights showed that earning the No. 4seed in the Big East Tournament was no fluke.
The proof lays in the Knights’ 68-62 victo-ry against the Golden Eagles, earning the
team a spot in the tournament semifinals anda date with No. 1 Connecticut.
“I was fearful that we would have aproblem because we hadn’t played,”Stringer said. “It certainly helps to getthings flowing. Thank goodness that we’vegot that game under our belt … I have afeeling that someone like UConn is goingto get our attention.”
After being down by as many as 13points with four minutes remaining in reg-ulation, Marquette turned to its full-courtpress in the closing moments hoping totrim the deficit.
A 3-pointer by Tatiyiana McMorris withless than a minute to go cut the Golden
Eagles’ deficit to just six, but all head coachTerri Mitchell could do in the closing min-utes was foul and hope for Knights misses.
As Marquette (23-8) was over the foullimit, Rutgers went to the line for two shotsthree different times in the final 40 seconds,going 5-for-6 in that span to put the game outof reach.
“I thought we definitely had it in us and itdidn’t happen,” Mitchell said. “I always knowthat we can get defensive stops. I mean it hap-pened at the end, but it was a little too latethen. We put on the pressure, and probably inretrospect we needed to press a lot sooner.”
